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    This document contains 8 questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered in Washington D.C. in 1963. The questions probe the social context of the time in the U.S. and why the speech and mass demonstration were urgently needed, details about MLK and the key message of equality, whether the speech can be divided into parts serving different purposes, how it uses techniques like ethos, pathos and logos, and factors like King's delivery and the location that added to its impact. The final question invites personal reflections after listening to the speech.

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    This document contains 8 questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered in Washington D.C. in 1963. The questions probe the social context of the time in the U.S. and why the speech and mass demonstration were urgently needed, details about MLK and the key message of equality, whether the speech can be divided into parts serving different purposes, how it uses techniques like ethos, pathos and logos, and factors like King's delivery and the location that added to its impact. The final question invites personal reflections after listening to the speech.

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    Unfolding Questions To The Speech

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    This document contains 8 questions about Martin Luther King Jr.'s iconic "I Have a Dream" speech delivered in Washington D.C. in 1963. The questions probe the social context of the time in the U.S. and why the speech and mass demonstration were urgently needed, details about MLK and the key message of equality, whether the speech can be divided into parts serving different purposes, how it uses techniques like ethos, pathos and logos, and factors like King's delivery and the location that added to its impact. The final question invites personal reflections after listening to the speech.

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    Questions unfolding the speech ‘I have a dream’

    by Martin Luther King Jr.


    (Delivered in Washington DC, August of 1963)

    1. What was the world like in 1963?


    2. What was the USA like in 1963?
    Why was this demonstration and
    speech urgent and widely supported
    by millions of Americans?
    3. Why Martin Luther King? What do
    we know about him?
    4. The key message in the speech is
    that all people are created equal.
    What does it have allusion to?
    5. Could this speech be divided into
    several parts serving different
    purposes?
    6. Discuss the speech with the
    terms of ethos, pathos and logos in
    view!
    7. Talk about other factors add to
    the impact of the speech?

     the remarkable emotion of King’s


    delivery in terms of both voice
    and body

     the site at which it was delivered


    – on the steps of the memorial to
    the President who defeated
    southern states over the issue of
    slavery

    8. Your own reflections after


    listening to the speech.

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